Ok, I understand. I think if you're trading during Europe and or US daytime, no currency pair will remain in a 5 pips range for more than ... 15 minutes? In other words, you won't find a daytime M15 candle that is less than 5 pips high, from low to ...

this is a debate about how to not predict the market

Ah yeah, good old straddles. They brought down Barings bank, remember?

this is a debate about how to not predict the market

Ok. Maybe you should move SL to BE after some time, or after some pips profit? Then the 2nd trade, the short, would have ended without loss?

this is a debate about how to not predict the market

On your chart, you go short immediately after your long SL was hit? Or you go short where the text label is?

this is a debate about how to not predict the market

hey man, what if you change long orders for short and vice versa? Both your trades would be profitable.

this is a debate about how to not predict the market

Yeah, a must have! Some of the old classics.. Livermore, Wyckoff are also a good and entertaining reading.

Best forex and/or trading book you have ever read?

Good to see you're back in the saddle. I see that breathtaking 10x gearing is back too.

Xaron's $1,000 to anywhere trading horror show

Ha-ha. First I need to figure out under which market conditions I can make money at all.

Under which conditions would your trading fail?

I'm happy to see the majority are up big time. I hope to join "the club" of profitable traders later, at the moment I'm down 10% starting from 1st January.

How much are you up or down since the start of the year?

Well ask any shopkeepers, they can tell you horror stories about how "the customer is always right". You don't have to make bad calls to receive bad ratings. Funny reading: Customers view dining out holistically. You may be the best waiter in the ...

Weekly COT report Analysis + Trade Ideas

It is a big fat H&S on S&P and Dow, but that big fat daily candle that shooted up above the line, and closed high, reminds me the Quasimodo pattern. We'll see in a couple of days, if the taken out support line will become support once again. ...

Weekly COT report Analysis + Trade Ideas

Congratulations, thanks for sharing and wish you luck. FYI, the easiest way to share mt4 stats is, url You can save the copy-paste and it updates automatically.

Would it be too much trouble to pay me back my $20,000, my sexy darling?

Ah, thanks. I will read about the subjects you mentioned. Hm, that China bubble thing has tricked other traders too. I know one who got margin called after betting too much recently on China crashing and pulling AUD down too. Ah, those funnymentals ...

Xaron's $1,000 to anywhere trading horror show

Would you give some insight to your reasons behing buying A/J repeatedly? It turns out, your analysis was correct, it's rising. What was your signal(s)?

Xaron's $1,000 to anywhere trading horror show

Quite often people claim to make 1000+ pips a week, post good trades, pose as a great trader etc. But they never show you the curve. And people often come and tell others how they should trade, but they forget to show some evidence that they ...

Xaron's $1,000 to anywhere trading horror show

You are 100% correct. I hate to quote myself, just can't help this time. url Maybe we should start a "show us the curve or shut the fuk up" movement...

Xaron's $1,000 to anywhere trading horror show

Please continue your journey. Remember, you haven't failed, you just found a 1000 ways that didn't work as expected.

Xaron's $1,000 to anywhere trading horror show

While we're waiting for the EUR to go up, may I recommend a good time killer. It's a book, titled Trading in the zone. Make sure you read it until the child who's afraid of dogs. You can read the whole book at least 10 times before EUR reaches 1.3 ...

Xaron's $1,000 to anywhere trading horror show

Different brokers can have different price feeds, so in general, no, charts might be different.

Do all brokers have the same 1hr bars?

Congratulations, your results are impressive again! Good to see a trader like you, showing good and bad days too.

Xaron's $1,000 to anywhere trading horror show